Judge in Trump election subversion case targeted by fake 911 ‘swatting’ call
by Associated Press in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6HPJD)
Police called to Washington home of Tanya Chutkan on Sunday night after shooting reported - but no such incident took place
A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call on Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting" reports at the homes of public officials in recent days.
Police responded at about 10pm to a report of a shooting at a Washington DC home linked in public records to the US district judge Tanya Chutkan. But officers quickly found out that no shooting happened, the Metropolitan police department said on Monday.
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